Tiffany Haddish and Common have been in New York the last few weeks working on a new movie called The Kitchen also starring Melissa McCarthy. Last week, The Blast reported that they were both at the Uncle Drew premiere after-party, posting a video of the two of them leaving in the same car at the end of the night. Full Story

The first trailer for The Hate U Give dropped during the BET Awards last night. If you’ve been reading this site, you know how I feel about Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. You know how Lainey feels about it. We’ve haven’t been subtle about how much we were moved by the story of Starr Carter and her best friend Khalil. Full Story

I love riding the elevators in the hotel on Oscar day. They are very fast and constantly packed and never boring. You see the early risers who want to work out, and then later the influx of Makeup and Hair artists troop in, and you can tell what their clients are like by how rigid and set their faces are. Full Story

“…Hello, Dorothy!” I mean, come on. Did you see that star? That alleged ‘rookie’, Shanice Williams? Did you see her kill this show, without breaking a sweat? What a blast that was to watch. It’s not just people being nice (when have you ever heard of people being nice on Twitter?) Look at the reaction she got from the rest of the cast: Our new star @LuvbeingShaniceFull Story

You’ve heard me rattle on all year about these televised musicals. The Wiz airs Thursday night on NBC, and it is going to be far better than the live musicals of the previous years, which is good for musical lovers but bad for live-tweeters. This article from the Hollywood ReporterFull Story

Or, as they were inexplicably referred to during the call-up, Lonnie Lynn and John Stephens. Maybe your real name has to be on your Oscar? I mean, what do you say? They had already won the night, and the award, with the performance of Glory which gets more intense and heartrending each time you hear it, instead of less. Full Story

James McAvoy at the German premiere of Wanted. His co-star is currently hiding out somewhere in France protecting the two future saviours of humanity. As such, James is doing part of the publicity tour for the movie on his own. Not that there’s a complaint. None at all. Just James is just fine. Full Story